Motorists in Nigeria can keep using their old number plates even beyond the initial June 30 deadline.
This is because the deadline has now been suspended by the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC
According to the agency, the decision was taken after a meeting of the Joint Tax Board in Edo state, South-South Nigeria.
Agency's spokesperson, Jonas Agwu who announced the decsion cited a recent court judgement against the FRSC in Lagos and Abuja.
Agwu observed that the decision which also relates to the Driver's Licence will be maintained “pending the outcome of an appeal filed by the FRSC,”
He added that the FRSC has directed its commanding officers to explore all available platforms such as motor parks, rallies, advocacy visits and other forms of public engagement in keeping with its 2014 strategic goal of improved public communication and road use education.
Following an earlier Federal High Court verdict in Lagos on 26 April, the commission affirmed that the court never vacated its statutory powers to design and produce the new number plate but only questioned its powers to fix deadline for enforcement of the new scheme.
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